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.\"     Title: droplang
.\"    Author: The PostgreSQL Global Development Group
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.\"      Date: 2011-12-01
.\"    Manual: PostgreSQL 9.1.2 Documentation
.\"    Source: PostgreSQL 9.1.2
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "DROPLANG" "1" "2011-12-01" "PostgreSQL 9.1.2" "PostgreSQL 9.1.2 Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
droplang \- remove a PostgreSQL procedural language
.\" droplang
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'droplang\ 'u
droplang [\fIconnection\-option\fR...] \fIlangname\fR [\fIdbname\fR]
.HP \w'droplang\ 'u
droplang [\fIconnection\-option\fR...] [\-\-list] | [\-l]  \fIdbname\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP

droplang
is a utility for removing an existing procedural language from a
PostgreSQL
database\&.
.PP

droplang
is just a wrapper around the
DROP EXTENSION (\fBDROP_EXTENSION\fR(7))
SQL command\&.
.if n \{\
.sp
.\}
.RS 4
.it 1 an-trap
.nr an-no-space-flag 1
.nr an-break-flag 1
.br
.ps +1
\fBCaution\fR
.ps -1
.br
.PP

droplang
is deprecated and may be removed in a future
PostgreSQL
release\&. Direct use of the
DROP EXTENSION
command is recommended instead\&.
.sp .5v
.RE
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP

droplang
accepts the following command line arguments:
.PP
\fIlangname\fR
.RS 4
Specifies the name of the procedural language to be removed\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB[\-d]\fR\fB \fR\fB\fIdbname\fR\fR, \fB[\-\-dbname=]\fR\fB\fIdbname\fR\fR
.RS 4
Specifies from which database the language should be removed\&. The default is to use the database with the same name as the current system user\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-echo\fR
.RS 4
Display SQL commands as they are executed\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-list\fR
.RS 4
Show a list of already installed languages in the target database\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
.RS 4
Print the
droplang
version and exit\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-?\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
.RS 4
Show help about
droplang
command line arguments, and exit\&.
.RE
.PP

droplang
also accepts the following command line arguments for connection parameters:
.PP
\fB\-h \fR\fB\fIhost\fR\fR, \fB\-\-host=\fR\fB\fIhost\fR\fR
.RS 4
Specifies the host name of the machine on which the server is running\&. If host begins with a slash, it is used as the directory for the Unix domain socket\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-p \fR\fB\fIport\fR\fR, \fB\-\-port=\fR\fB\fIport\fR\fR
.RS 4
Specifies the Internet TCP/IP port or local Unix domain socket file extension on which the server is listening for connections\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-U \fR\fB\fIusername\fR\fR, \fB\-\-username=\fR\fB\fIusername\fR\fR
.RS 4
User name to connect as\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-no\-password\fR
.RS 4
Never issue a password prompt\&. If the server requires password authentication and a password is not available by other means such as a
\&.pgpass
file, the connection attempt will fail\&. This option can be useful in batch jobs and scripts where no user is present to enter a password\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-W\fR, \fB\-\-password\fR
.RS 4
Force
droplang
to prompt for a password before connecting to a database\&.
.sp
This option is never essential, since
droplang
will automatically prompt for a password if the server demands password authentication\&. However,
droplang
will waste a connection attempt finding out that the server wants a password\&. In some cases it is worth typing
\fB\-W\fR
to avoid the extra connection attempt\&.
.RE
.SH "ENVIRONMENT"
.PP
\fBPGDATABASE\fR, \fBPGHOST\fR, \fBPGPORT\fR, \fBPGUSER\fR
.RS 4
Default connection parameters
.RE
.PP
This utility, like most other
PostgreSQL
utilities, also uses the environment variables supported by
libpq
(see
Section 31.13, \(lqEnvironment Variables\(rq, in the documentation)\&.
.SH "DIAGNOSTICS"
.PP
Most error messages are self\-explanatory\&. If not, run
droplang
with the
\fB\-\-echo\fR
option and see under the respective
SQL
command for details\&. Also, any default connection settings and environment variables used by the
libpq
front\-end library will apply\&.
.SH "NOTES"
.PP
Use
\fBcreatelang\fR(1)
to add a language\&.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.PP
To remove the language
pltcl:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
$ \fBdroplang pltcl dbname\fR
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.SH "SEE ALSO"
\fBcreatelang\fR(1), DROP EXTENSION (\fBDROP_EXTENSION\fR(7)), DROP LANGUAGE (\fBDROP_LANGUAGE\fR(7))
